http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with legal news that matters en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295660,report-fearing-death-penalty-berlin-to-send-team-to-9-11-trial.html Berlin - The German government is to send observers to New York to ensure that evidence it provided in the case against five men accused of masterminding the September 11, 2001 attacks does not lead to them receiving the death penalty, news magazine ... Legal,General Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:34:11 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295660,report-fearing-death-penalty-berlin-to-send-team-to-9-11-trial.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295574,international-court-appoints-defence-counsel-for-karadzic.html The Hague - British-born lawyer Richard Harvey was appointed defence counsel for former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in Karadzic's war crimes trial, an international court in The Hague announced on Friday. In its decision to appoint Harvey, t... Legal,General Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:10:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295574,international-court-appoints-defence-counsel-for-karadzic.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295501,israeli-high-court-rules-that-private-prisons-harm-inmates-rights.html Jerusalem - In a ground-breaking decision, Israel's High Court ruled Thursday against the privatization of prisons, overturning a 2004 amendment to the law that allowed prisons to be privately-run and operated. Expressing the majority opinion of the ... Legal,General Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:10:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295501,israeli-high-court-rules-that-private-prisons-harm-inmates-rights.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295491,lula-has-final-say-in-battistis-extradition.html Brasilia - It's up to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to decide whether leftist Cesare Battisti, a suspect in four murders in the 1970s, is to be extradited to Italy. The Supreme Court approved the extradition on Wednesday. It then rule... Legal,General Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:10:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295491,lula-has-final-say-in-battistis-extradition.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295437,dissident-handed-over-to-china-by-hong-kong-goes-on-trial.html Hong Kong - A former Tiananmen Square dissident who was handed over to mainland Chinese police by Hong Kong a year ago, has gone on trial Sichuan province, Hong Kong radio news said Thursday. Zhou Yongjun, 42, a student leader in the 1989 pro-democra... Legal,General Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:28:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295437,dissident-handed-over-to-china-by-hong-kong-goes-on-trial.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295412,russian-court-issues-capital-punishment-ban-beyond-january-1.html Moscow - Russia's constitutional court ruled Thursday that no death sentences may be carried out even after a moratorium on capital punishment expires January 1, the Interfax agency reported. The St. Petersburg-based court's chief judge Valery Sorkin... Legal,General Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:16:30 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295412,russian-court-issues-capital-punishment-ban-beyond-january-1.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295369,lao-lawmakers-debate-tobacco-law.html Vientiane, Laos - Lao legislators are preparing to pass the country's first cigarette-control bill, in keeping with anti-smoking campaigns worldwide, media reports said Thursday. Minister of Public Health Ponmek Dalaloy presented a draft law at the N... Legal,General Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:10:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295369,lao-lawmakers-debate-tobacco-law.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295281,dubai-court-receives-first-facebook-libel-case.html Dubai - A court of misdemeanours in Dubai is hearing a case involving the alleged abuse of the social networking site Facebook for unlawful acts, in what is believed to be the first such charge in the country, media reports said Wednesday. A Lebanese... Legal,General Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:52:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295281,dubai-court-receives-first-facebook-libel-case.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295228,us-has-observer-status-at-international-criminal-court-meeting.html The Hague - For the first time in 10 years, a US delegation is attending the annual meeting of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Wednesday. Stephen Rapp, the US' new war crimes ambassador and former chief prosecutor of the Special Cour... Legal,General Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:46:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295228,us-has-observer-status-at-international-criminal-court-meeting.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295118,former-nazi-guard-charged-with-58-wwii-murders.html Berlin - Prosecutors in Germany have charged a 90-year-old man who had been a member of the Nazi guard unit, the SS, with the murder of 58 Jewish forced labourers at the end of the second world war. A special Nazi war-crimes prosecution unit said the... Legal,General Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:34:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295118,former-nazi-guard-charged-with-58-wwii-murders.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294933,neo-nazi-radio-djs-appear-before-berlin-court.html Berlin - Five men and two women appeared before a Berlin court Monday, accused of running an internet radio station that propagated hatred against punks, Jews, foreigners and communists, justice officials said. The accused, ranging from 20 to 36 year... Legal,General Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:31:31 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294933,neo-nazi-radio-djs-appear-before-berlin-court.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294712,police-investigate-german-judge-over-headscarf-murder.html Dresden, Germany - German police began six weeks ago with an inquiry against the German judge who was presiding in a courtroom when a racist man stabbed a pregnant Egyptian mother to death, officials said Saturday. They are studying whether to lay ch... Legal,General Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:10:26 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294712,police-investigate-german-judge-over-headscarf-murder.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294588,german-high-court-tightens-internet-copyright-law.html Karlsruhe, Germany - Germany's high court issued a ruling Friday that tightens copyright restrictions on the internet, awarding damages against a company which runs a site that swaps food recipes. Under German internet law, owners of community websit... Legal,General Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:04:24 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294588,german-high-court-tightens-internet-copyright-law.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294525,aung-san-suu-kyi-appeals-against-her-18-month-sentence.html Yangon - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi filed an appeal Friday with the country's highest court against her 18-month house arrest sentence. Her detention in her Yangon family home was extended by a special Insein prison court in August af... Legal,General Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:40:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294525,aung-san-suu-kyi-appeals-against-her-18-month-sentence.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294468,germany-jails-man-for-six-months-put-jihad-video-on-youtube.html Stuttgart,Germany - An ethnic Turkish man who posted a threat from Islamist terrorists on YouTube received six months jail on Thursday from a German court. The German-language video threatened attacks on Germany in September. It triggered a major sec... Legal,General Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:40:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294468,germany-jails-man-for-six-months-put-jihad-video-on-youtube.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294454,defence-team-in-el-shirbini-case-to-appeal-verdict--summary.html Dresden, Germany - Defence lawyers for the man convicted of killing Egyptian pharmacist Marwa el-Shirbini announced Thursday that they would lodge an appeal against the decision. Alex Wiens, 29, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday for sta... Legal,General Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:40:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294454,defence-team-in-el-shirbini-case-to-appeal-verdict--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294440,defence-team-in-el-shirbini-case-to-appeal-verdict.html Dresden, Germany - Defence lawyers for the man convicted of killing Egyptian pharmacist Marwa el-Shirbini announced Thursday that they would lodge an appeal against the decision. Alex Wiens, 29, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday for sta... Legal,General Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:40:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294440,defence-team-in-el-shirbini-case-to-appeal-verdict.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294355,appeals-chamber-upholds-bosnian-serbs-conviction-reduces-sentence.html The Hague - The Hague war crimes tribunal Thursday upheld most of the 2007 conviction of a former Bosnian Serb army general involved in the 1992-1995 siege of Sarajevo, but reduced his prison sentence from 33 to 29 years. In its judgement, the appeal... Legal,General Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:04:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294355,appeals-chamber-upholds-bosnian-serbs-conviction-reduces-sentence.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294263,life-for-german-courtroom-killer-of-egyptian-woman--summary.html Dresden, Germany - A German man found guilty of the courtroom murder of a pregnant Egyptian woman was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday, after a high-profile case which has stirred emotions across both... Legal,General Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:40:15 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294263,life-for-german-courtroom-killer-of-egyptian-woman--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294238,life-imprisonment-for-el-shirbini-murderer--update.html Dresden, Germany - A German man was sentenced to life imprisonment without automatic parole on Wednesday, for the murder of Egyptian pharmacist Marwa el-Shirbini in a Dresden courtroom. Aleksandr (Alex) Wiens, who was born in Russia, stabbed the woma... Legal,General Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:52:24 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294238,life-imprisonment-for-el-shirbini-murderer--update.html